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Originally Posted by Undertoad
Letters from Ayman al Zawahiri (AQ 2nd in cmd) to AQ in Iraq leaders:
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Yes, they are there. But Abu Ayyub al Masri and Abu Omar al Baghdadi, aren't in control/command of all the opposition to the U.S.(coalition) in Iraq.
My point is, even though the Pentagon seems to want to lump them all together, there are different groups with different agendas, in the fray, and their alliances seem to shift frequently.
If a bunch of them hadn't gotten fed up with AQ's abuse of civilians, and joined with the U.S. in routing the AQs, the surge would have been fruitless.